Systems & complexity
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Taking responsibility for complexity (section 1): Introduction
This series seeks to fill gaps in the complexity literature, which is quite dispersed and narrow in scope, and has…
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Taking responsibility for complexity: Executive summary
Rather than working in a linear fashion, policymakers must be mindful of constraints and opportunities as to where, when, and…
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Taking responsibility for complexity: Foreword
Exploring the role of information and knowledge in improving results and ways of working.
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Platform C – a learning space for people tackling complex challenges through collaboration
Platform C is making collaboration and systems change knowledge, tools, and resources available to communities.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 6): Additional useful resources
Additional useful resources on management approaches, and useful websites.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 5): Conclusions
Improved management in the face of complexity relies on more than awareness and knowledge of tools.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.8): Appropriate approaches – 8. Networked management and co-management
A network approach to management involves granting considerable individual autonomy and integrating various channels for participation in key decision-making processes.
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No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we’re only ever one step from system collapse
A change in one part of a complex system, such as a bushfire in a landscape, can set off unpredicted…
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.7): Appropriate approaches – 7. Capacity WORKS
In order to assure the quality of development interventions, the Capacity WORKS model operates with five success factors.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.6): Appropriate approaches – 6. Viable System Model (VSM)
This long-established method identifies the core organisational requirements for social systems to be viable.